ENHANCE PLACE PTY LIMITED 4A-10 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Pine Dale Coal Mine - Yarraboldy Extension Section 4A - Environmental Features, Report No. 613/12 Management Measures & Impacts

R. W. CORKERY & CO. PTY. LIMITED

4A.3.2 Land Ownership and Surrounding Residences

The bulk of the land within the Yarraboldy Extension area is Crown Land (20ha), principally the Ben Bullen State Forest. The remainder of the land is owned by Enhance Place Pty Limited (7ha). Land within the existing Pine Dale Coal Mine is principally owned by Enhance Place Pty Limited, G. and A. Jenkins or is Crown Land. The surrounding land ownership consists of predominantly freehold land owned by both individuals and companies together with a number of Crown road reserves controlled by both Council and the RTA. Figure 4A.4 displays the current understanding of the land ownership within and surrounding the Project Site.

Figure 4A.4 shows that 12 residences are located within approximately 500m of the Yarraboldy Extension and a further two residences between 0.5km and 1km from the Yarraboldy Extension. Table 4A.6 identifies the location and approximate distance of the ten closest residences relative to the nearest existing processing activity or the Yarraboldy Extension mining activities. It is noteworthy that each of the residences listed in Table 4A.6 were closer to the operational areas of the Pine Dale Coal Mine during its operations between 2006 and the present.

Table 4A.6

Proximity of Representative Residences to Activity Areas

Land Owner Reference* Land Owner

Closest Distance / Direction from Residence to

Yarraboldy Extension 10 P & E Barnes 840m NW 11 C. Jonkers & J. Favell 870m NW 14 J. Cherry 445m NE 18 T. Edwards 460m NNE 20 W. Doherty 420 NNE 21 E. Morris 415m N 22 D. Newsome 410m N 23 C & A. Forrest 415m N 25 E. Hughes 405m N 27 R. & B. Pyne 435m NNE 28 J. & J. Kershaw 435m NNE 29 J. Young 445m NNE 32 W. Vincent 490m NNE 33 C. Green 490m NNE

* See Figure 4A.4

4A.3.3 Land Use

The Project Site and surrounding landholdings are currently used for:

• State Forest and nature conservation;

• livestock grazing on native and/or improved pastures;

• coal mining using open cut mining methods (including the existing Pine Dale Coal Mine); and

• a waste management facility on the southern side of the Castlereagh Highway opposite the Project Site (operations soon to commence).

The land uses surrounding the Project Site are illustrated in Figure 4A.5.

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ENHANCE PLACE PTY LIMITED 4A-14 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Pine Dale Coal Mine - Yarraboldy Extension Section 4A - Environmental Features, Report No. 613/12 Management Measures & Impacts

R. W. CORKERY & CO. PTY. LIMITED

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